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Gity D emocrat ing VOL. XXI. KING CITY, GENTRY COUNTY, MISSOURI. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1912. NO. 1 hp A. J. Wheatley Dead. News reached this place on Wednesday of the death of A. J. Wheatley, a former well known citizen of this locality. Accord- ing to our authority Mr. Wheat- ley died at a hospital in Los An- geles, California sometime Tues- day. He was operated on a short time ago for appendicitis, from the effects of which, he died, We understand that his daugh- ter, Miss Clara Wheatley, of St. Joseph received word last week that the condition of her . father was critical, and that she left on Saturday for his bedside, but whether she reached there be fore his death we have not learned. . Deceased was between sixty- nve ana seventy years oi age, and had spent most of his life on a farm west of town. Sev eral years ago he went to Mexico, remained but a short time, re turning to California. Rev. L. C. Stumpf Resigns. At the close of the preaching service at the Presbyterian church. Sundav niiriit. " the audi- ence was surmised when a mem- berof the session went forward and read Mr. Sttimnf's resiVna- tion as stated supply. The res- ignation, if accepted by the con- gregation and session, will take effect or or about Sent 1st., af- ter a pastorate of two years. We have not learned where Mr. Stumpf will go, but as we are informed there are many calls for christian workers, he aouDiiess nas a piace in view. His friends though regretting to have him leave them, hope that he and his familv mav find a tiuiru l; iilic3 auu uiaL ami i prosperity may be theirs.. New Cafe. Having rented the John Bell building north of the post office for a cafe, E. A. Bray and E. B. Seaton went to St. Joseph yes terday to buy up to date furni ture, fixtures and opening stock. The boys say they expect to equip their establishment with the very best and conduct a mod ern cafe. Their opening dates will appear in this paper probably next week. Look for it. Republican County Central Committee. The members of the republi can county central committee met at Albany Tuesday and perfected the organization of the committee by electing .Ona Har- din of Albany, chairman, R. W, Mitchell of Albany secretary and nuo unaiey oi otanoerry treas- urer. ihos. tfrown oi Kmguty is me jacKSon lownsnip memDer of the committee. A. b. braves commenced a new brick office building this week, in the rear of the opera house, to be occupied by Dr. Paulette. The rear of the office building will be used by Z. Rar- din as a storage room. The iron clad building on the site was sold to Jas. N. Trotter, and moved away Tuesday. was Carson, Ladies Hatter, has just returned from a visit of sev era! days at the wholesale houses where she has been making ex tensive preparations for the fall and winter trade. Have now ready a line of the newest and nobbiest fall hats on the market 1-lt Carson, Ladies Hatter. Marshall Taylor and his force of carpenters are putting the finishing touches on the new dwelling of S. H. Carter, in south King City. Sam expects to get moved in about September 1st Celebrate Wedding Anniversary. Last Friday was the thirtieth anniversary of the Marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Hardy and the event was duly observed at their home in east King City in the evening of that day. The children invited in a few friends and the evening was cheerfully spent in conversation and selec- tions on the graphaphone. At a a late hour a bountiful repast was served and those who were present voted it one of the best numbers on the program. .: i. Those who responded to in- vitations were: Jonas Mayer and wife, George Moran and wife, H. Dan bury and wife, W. L. Bowman and wife, Mrs. Jacob The barn was a good and sub-Levy and Mrs Howel, a friend stantial building, forty by fifty from Wyoming who is here vis- iting and Mr. Trim of Hamilton a brother-in-law to Mr. Hardy, also the Hardy family including ous farm articles of more or less Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bethel, How- value. The loss is probably fif-ard Hardy and wife and Grand- teen hundred dollars on building ma Mendenhall. The guests enjoyed themselves so well that they came near not getting home before the electric lights were turned off. This be- lights were turned off. This be- ing a pearl wedding, Mr. and mg a pearl wedding, Mrs. Hardy were the recipients of many beautiful presents of pearl handled cutlery etc., and when bidding their guests good j night, extended them an mvita- tion to return and visit them often. Roosevelt Club Organized. Pursuant to call published in the Democrat last week, a "bull moose meeting was held at the '""" reai esiaie omce ox uucu .tUlu encn laswuesuay evening. AD0Ut eniy-nve answereu me call, and at once proceeded to ' business by electing James Mil- Ian cresident and C. A Merrill secretary. ' - It was agreed that the organ ization should be known as the "Roosevelt Club" the most of those present signing up as char ter members, it was also agreed that each member be a committee of one to beat the brush for more recruits and secure as large a membership as possible. It is believed by those behind the move that a large member-shin for the club can be secured here. -. If we have been correctly in formed, this is the first club of this nature to be organized in the county. It is expected that in other parts of the county, where there is a Roosevelt senti ment, similar actions will be taken. A county meeting is s!ated' t0 place at Abany on the of ms month at which time and pkce six delegateg will ha wln in rmrPnt. tho ennn. ty at the state convention to be held in September, and at which time a full state ticket of the Progressive party will be nomi w www. " nated. Teacher's Meeting. The August Teacher's Meeting for Gentry county teachers will beheld in Albany, Friday and Saturday, August 23rd and 24th. Since Friday is the last day of the Albany chautauqua we will have a session beginning at 10 o'clock Friday morning and dis- miss lor the lecture naay afternoon by Dr. Clark at the Chautauqua. Saturday the program will be gin at 9:oo a. m. The day will be scent discussing the course of study, hearing addresses by able speakers and laying plans for the years work. This meeting is required by law and all teachers are re quired to attend. Come and bring plenty of en thusiasm. : '. : C. H. Allen, County Supt ' Big Barn and Contents Burn. Last Saturday evening as Chas. Plummer and family were driv- ing from town to their home one and one half miles west Mr. Plummer discov- of town, ered smoke rolling out of the windows and doors of his barn, He was about a quarter of a mile away when he made the discovery, and at once' put the whip to his team and covered the distance as quickly as ' pos sible. He arrived in" time to res- cue a fine jack, some horses and pigs, all the live stock there was in the barn, that would have perished in the flames, had he been a few moments later feet. It contained about twenty tons of hay, four to five hundred bushels ot oats, besides numer- and contents. An insurance pol- icy of $850 in the Gentry county Mutual, was held on the barn, but the contents is an entire, loss to Mr. Plummer. For Sixty Days. Sheriff Carmack came down from Albany yesterday morning and took John Myers back with him to serve a sentence in the county jail for drunkeness and disturbing the peace of his fami ly. John had been arrested and fined a number of times by the local authorities and as many tunes paruieu, uus ins gouu rebu- lutions and promises were soon forgotton, or John's thirst for , was un the "flowmg bowl" quenchable. This time he will nave to serve out the lull sen tence. John is a peaceable and industrious fellow, when not un- aer trie influence ot liquor, sym- pathy is with the family, who journeyed over to Stan berry Sun-needs his support, but if doyig day, where they dropped a game time in Sheriff Carmack's cafe to Stanberry, the score being ten will do John any good the family to five. can well spare him. Attention Progressives. A call is hereby issued tor a mass meeting of progressives in Gentry county to be held at Al bany Mo., Friday August 23rd at one o'clock p. m. sharp, for the purpose ot tormmg a county or ganization, selecting six dele- patps to tin state ronvpntion to huu otst t;c st 5 -w . w ww and for thepuposeof transacting such other business as may properly come before the con vention. James Millan, Pres. C. A. Merrill, Secy. King City Roosevelt Club. Rev, Cater Weds. Friends of Rev. W. D. Cater, late pastor of the Methodist church, at this place, were somewhat surprised the first of the week when they received cards announcing his marriage." The name of the lady whom Mr. Ca ter chose for his bride was Miss Charlotte Mabel Leasher, of Camebridge, Mass. The wed- ding took place at her. home on the 8th day of August Cbange In Schedule. Owing to muddy roads, the auto trip planned by the King Uty boosters" for today has been postponed until next Wednesday. Weather permit- ting, the trip as mapped for Monday will be carried out ac- cording to program, and the trip that was to have been made today will be made Wednesday. For Sale-Pony, 'Teddy Dia mond." Call phone 2042, or see Mrs. E. T. Black King City. 5 , WO! Close For Chautauqua. ' .We the undersigned agreed to close our places of business at the hour of 12:30 p. m. each working day and remain closed the remainder of the day during the chautauqua, except on Sat urday from 4:30 to 7 p. m, Millan & Wagers Merc. Co. J. E. Kessler. W. L. Bowman. The Chronicle. Citizen National Bank, j Long Merc. Co. W. M. Wilson. Strock & Welker. W. C. Forman. G.W.Green. Estill & Son. W. P. Graves. Flood Fisher Merc. Co. First National .Bank. Casper Gantz Sons 1:30 4 p. m. T. C. Miller. King City Hardware Co. Carl J. Agee 1:30 to 4 p. m. Levy & Mayer Merc. Co. Wm. Meyer. A. C. Parsons. White Bros. Black & Son. Miner & Frees. North Mo. Lumber Co. Hasty & Ryan. Democrat. R. R' Young. . to LOCAL NEWS Mrs. G. F. Sealey went to Al bany yesterday to visit relatives. Dr Hanna ig ftt R p Ynnno-'s Hrno- stnro this wpet Friday and Saturday until 3p.m Eyes tested free. Mrs. Harry Smith and little daughter came up from St. Jo seph yesterday to visit her broth- er v- u Beny andtamiiy. The King City baseball nine Ellis Coakley returned yester day from New York City, where he had gone with a car of poul try for A. C. Parsons, the whole sale produce man. Mrs. E. B. Taylor and children who had been visiting her parents Thomas Williams and wife near Island City, left yerterday for their home at Fairfax Mo, I I T- A ' J 1 1 rarues wanting Doara ana omsduring the King City chau tauqua will find it to their inter est to see Mrs. E. D. Taylor, just across the street from the chautauqua grounds. ' The following were St Jo seph visitors yesterday: J. E. Kessler and wife, G. R. Slem- mons, ueorge Moran, James Copeland, George, Stuart, Ora and Myron Stuart. Donald Bertran. will appreciate the favor if the pfirty who picked up his cane, which was lost some where on the road between town and the Bertran home, will return the same to him.' A. F. Graves' has not A been moving around very briskly this week, his foot having been hit by a falling brick.: It pained him quite sharply for awhile, but it is better now and he - thinks it wul be all right ma few days. Speaking of peaches, R. H. King has all comers besttjd a city block. "Bob" has severs rl trees sprinkled with thefruit,but none bearing anything near a crop. He counted fifty-four on oii.e tree and quit at that until some one else can beat it " Lost Gold scarf pin. with initial 'D" engraved on ?t Finder please leave atDemxm t office and receive reward. Wyatt-Hobbs In the presence of a small company of relatives at the home ,of Mr. and Mrs. WiHard Graves in east King City, Rev. E. C. Bairdof the Christian church performed the ceremony at 7:80 p. m. Wednesday evening, suiting in Marriage Mrs. Ida Wyatt of this city to Mr. J. W. Hobbs of Douglas, Oklahoma. A coincident worthy of mention is that twenty years ago the present bridegroom acted as best man at the brides first marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs will leave Sunday for Douglas Oklahoma where Mr. Hobbs has a fine farm and where they will make their future home. Mr. Hobbs is pretty well known here having formerly lived in the Winslow neighborhood and is a brother of our esteemed fellow townsmen, L. N. Hobbs. The bride is the daughter of our old friend Benjamin Rainey and is highly spoken of by those who know her best. Hearty congratulations are extended to the newly married couple and the best wishes of the community for their future happiness. Ford City. The finest rain of the season fell yesterday at noon, the water just flowed down the corn rows as in oldea times. P. T. Quisenberry returned Monday from a visit at Moberly, Mo. Miss Mary Scott left Sunday Lfor Fredonia Kansas to Visit her brother Frank Scott and famHy. Miss Martha Sutton of St Jo seph is visiting the Smith home. Miss Mattie Ernst of Ogden, Iowa, who has ben visiting her sister Mrs. Racheal Deaton left Wednesday for Karfsas City to visit awhile. Mrs. Harlan Cook is visiting in Bethany this week. Mrs. J. H. Johnson and daugh ter Goldie of Gentry visited the Myrick home Monday and Tues day. Ben Bolev was on the St. Jo seph market the first of the week with cattle. Kiern McKinney of Southern Kansas came in last week to visit his parents T. A McKinney and wife. Mrs. John Lynth and children went to Maryville Saturday night to visit the Dan Lynch home. Many in and around here at tended the chautauqua at Stan- berry last Sunday. On last Saturday, it being the occasion of Miss Lillie Deaton's birthday, her friends planned and executed a complete surprise on her . On that morning she went to King City, on her return at noon, she found a long table set in the yard with everything good to eat and 51 persons ate at the same time at that table. Want To Sell Yocr Farm? We are getting ready for fall and winter farm Jsales and are having inquiries for farms near King City. If you want to sell your farm and mean business, come and see us and we will help you out Dont put it off but come now. In order to be ready for the business which begins usually in September, you should have your farm on our list right away if you want to make an early sale. Our terms are very reasonable. W. L. Bowman Realty Co. Democrat office- CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS. Christian Church. Be v., E. C. Balra The usual services will be held next Lord,'s day. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Don't forget the Bible school at 10 o'clock. This will be our final session before fhe Chautauqua begins. Shall we not make of it a most helpful and enthusiastic service? In the lesson we see Jesus, the man of power, winning the tory over death. The C. E. session will be regular monthly meeting of vic- the the local union. The topic is ' 'Christian Tact ' ' This' is a good thing to possess and to practice. Prayer meeting topic, "The Great Necessity." Time, Wednesday 8 p. m. The Juniors meet with Mrs. Bradley Saturday 2:30 p. m. at Presbyterian Church. Kkt..L.C. Stump. Sunday 11 a. m. preaching service, "Daniels Prayer." 7 p. m. the C. E. Local union meeting at Christian church. Subject, "Christian Tact" 8 p. m. Sermon "Faultless Disciples Rebuked," next Wednesday. Read up on Romans 8th chapter. Baptist Church. Regular preaching services at eleven a. m. and at 8 p. m. conducted by Rev. A. A. Harvy. A cordial invitation extended to everybody to be presest Here and There. The rain the first of the week was fine on the corn but hard on the unthreshed grain. A. J. Rose of Cosby is visiting his daughter Mrs. A. J. Howard this week. J. B. Edson has the foundation laid for his new residence. Homer Russellbegan work for Elza Christian on the Ficklin farm the first of the week. Elmer Cook and wife were callers at the P. M. Cook home Sunday evening. Mrs. George Ginter visited Mrs. John Howard, Monday afternoon.Andy Rose and family who have been working on the John Limpp farm moved last week south of town. . Mrs. Charley Howard and chil dren of Jaunita, Nebraska are visiting with relatives on Route 4, this week. TWrc 'P.l'7'i P.Viristinn is Anfpr. taihing her grandmother from Darlington this week. Rain, sure, it still rains in this country. A good shower every day this week, and some days two or three, and there is still indications of RAIN. Those who have kept tab on the weather say that barring a few showers of little consequence, people in this locality had three months to a day to get ready for rain, but we have heard of a number wko were not Agency for the New Model Steam laundry, Albany, Mo. Leave your packages at Wilson's Clething store. All work warranted satisfactory. 52-4t Ward Bros., Agents. Furnished Rooms. Those desiring rooms during the chautauqua and not far from the grounds, call on Mrs. Mag gie A. Bowman. Telephone 170, DeMoss millisery, first door south of Citizens National Bank.

Gity D emocrat ing VOL. XXI. KING CITY, GENTRY COUNTY, MISSOURI. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1912. NO. 1 hp A. J. Wheatley Dead. News reached this place on Wednesday of the death of A. J. Wheatley, a former well known citizen of this locality. Accord- ing to our authority Mr. Wheat- ley died at a hospital in Los An- geles, California sometime Tues- day. He was operated on a short time ago for appendicitis, from the effects of which, he died, We understand that his daugh- ter, Miss Clara Wheatley, of St. Joseph received word last week that the condition of her . father was critical, and that she left on Saturday for his bedside, but whether she reached there be fore his death we have not learned. . Deceased was between sixty- nve ana seventy years oi age, and had spent most of his life on a farm west of town. Sev eral years ago he went to Mexico, remained but a short time, re turning to California. Rev. L. C. Stumpf Resigns. At the close of the preaching service at the Presbyterian church. Sundav niiriit. " the audi- ence was surmised when a mem- berof the session went forward and read Mr. Sttimnf's resiVna- tion as stated supply. The res- ignation, if accepted by the con- gregation and session, will take effect or or about Sent 1st., af- ter a pastorate of two years. We have not learned where Mr. Stumpf will go, but as we are informed there are many calls for christian workers, he aouDiiess nas a piace in view. His friends though regretting to have him leave them, hope that he and his familv mav find a tiuiru l; iilic3 auu uiaL ami i prosperity may be theirs.. New Cafe. Having rented the John Bell building north of the post office for a cafe, E. A. Bray and E. B. Seaton went to St. Joseph yes terday to buy up to date furni ture, fixtures and opening stock. The boys say they expect to equip their establishment with the very best and conduct a mod ern cafe. Their opening dates will appear in this paper probably next week. Look for it. Republican County Central Committee. The members of the republi can county central committee met at Albany Tuesday and perfected the organization of the committee by electing .Ona Har- din of Albany, chairman, R. W, Mitchell of Albany secretary and nuo unaiey oi otanoerry treas- urer. ihos. tfrown oi Kmguty is me jacKSon lownsnip memDer of the committee. A. b. braves commenced a new brick office building this week, in the rear of the opera house, to be occupied by Dr. Paulette. The rear of the office building will be used by Z. Rar- din as a storage room. The iron clad building on the site was sold to Jas. N. Trotter, and moved away Tuesday. was Carson, Ladies Hatter, has just returned from a visit of sev era! days at the wholesale houses where she has been making ex tensive preparations for the fall and winter trade. Have now ready a line of the newest and nobbiest fall hats on the market 1-lt Carson, Ladies Hatter. Marshall Taylor and his force of carpenters are putting the finishing touches on the new dwelling of S. H. Carter, in south King City. Sam expects to get moved in about September 1st Celebrate Wedding Anniversary. Last Friday was the thirtieth anniversary of the Marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Hardy and the event was duly observed at their home in east King City in the evening of that day. The children invited in a few friends and the evening was cheerfully spent in conversation and selec- tions on the graphaphone. At a a late hour a bountiful repast was served and those who were present voted it one of the best numbers on the program. .: i. Those who responded to in- vitations were: Jonas Mayer and wife, George Moran and wife, H. Dan bury and wife, W. L. Bowman and wife, Mrs. Jacob The barn was a good and sub-Levy and Mrs Howel, a friend stantial building, forty by fifty from Wyoming who is here vis- iting and Mr. Trim of Hamilton a brother-in-law to Mr. Hardy, also the Hardy family including ous farm articles of more or less Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bethel, How- value. The loss is probably fif-ard Hardy and wife and Grand- teen hundred dollars on building ma Mendenhall. The guests enjoyed themselves so well that they came near not getting home before the electric lights were turned off. This be- lights were turned off. This be- ing a pearl wedding, Mr. and mg a pearl wedding, Mrs. Hardy were the recipients of many beautiful presents of pearl handled cutlery etc., and when bidding their guests good j night, extended them an mvita- tion to return and visit them often. Roosevelt Club Organized. Pursuant to call published in the Democrat last week, a "bull moose meeting was held at the '""" reai esiaie omce ox uucu .tUlu encn laswuesuay evening. AD0Ut eniy-nve answereu me call, and at once proceeded to ' business by electing James Mil- Ian cresident and C. A Merrill secretary. ' - It was agreed that the organ ization should be known as the "Roosevelt Club" the most of those present signing up as char ter members, it was also agreed that each member be a committee of one to beat the brush for more recruits and secure as large a membership as possible. It is believed by those behind the move that a large member-shin for the club can be secured here. -. If we have been correctly in formed, this is the first club of this nature to be organized in the county. It is expected that in other parts of the county, where there is a Roosevelt senti ment, similar actions will be taken. A county meeting is s!ated' t0 place at Abany on the of ms month at which time and pkce six delegateg will ha wln in rmrPnt. tho ennn. ty at the state convention to be held in September, and at which time a full state ticket of the Progressive party will be nomi w www. " nated. Teacher's Meeting. The August Teacher's Meeting for Gentry county teachers will beheld in Albany, Friday and Saturday, August 23rd and 24th. Since Friday is the last day of the Albany chautauqua we will have a session beginning at 10 o'clock Friday morning and dis- miss lor the lecture naay afternoon by Dr. Clark at the Chautauqua. Saturday the program will be gin at 9:oo a. m. The day will be scent discussing the course of study, hearing addresses by able speakers and laying plans for the years work. This meeting is required by law and all teachers are re quired to attend. Come and bring plenty of en thusiasm. : '. : C. H. Allen, County Supt ' Big Barn and Contents Burn. Last Saturday evening as Chas. Plummer and family were driv- ing from town to their home one and one half miles west Mr. Plummer discov- of town, ered smoke rolling out of the windows and doors of his barn, He was about a quarter of a mile away when he made the discovery, and at once' put the whip to his team and covered the distance as quickly as ' pos sible. He arrived in" time to res- cue a fine jack, some horses and pigs, all the live stock there was in the barn, that would have perished in the flames, had he been a few moments later feet. It contained about twenty tons of hay, four to five hundred bushels ot oats, besides numer- and contents. An insurance pol- icy of $850 in the Gentry county Mutual, was held on the barn, but the contents is an entire, loss to Mr. Plummer. For Sixty Days. Sheriff Carmack came down from Albany yesterday morning and took John Myers back with him to serve a sentence in the county jail for drunkeness and disturbing the peace of his fami ly. John had been arrested and fined a number of times by the local authorities and as many tunes paruieu, uus ins gouu rebu- lutions and promises were soon forgotton, or John's thirst for , was un the "flowmg bowl" quenchable. This time he will nave to serve out the lull sen tence. John is a peaceable and industrious fellow, when not un- aer trie influence ot liquor, sym- pathy is with the family, who journeyed over to Stan berry Sun-needs his support, but if doyig day, where they dropped a game time in Sheriff Carmack's cafe to Stanberry, the score being ten will do John any good the family to five. can well spare him. Attention Progressives. A call is hereby issued tor a mass meeting of progressives in Gentry county to be held at Al bany Mo., Friday August 23rd at one o'clock p. m. sharp, for the purpose ot tormmg a county or ganization, selecting six dele- patps to tin state ronvpntion to huu otst t;c st 5 -w . w ww and for thepuposeof transacting such other business as may properly come before the con vention. James Millan, Pres. C. A. Merrill, Secy. King City Roosevelt Club. Rev, Cater Weds. Friends of Rev. W. D. Cater, late pastor of the Methodist church, at this place, were somewhat surprised the first of the week when they received cards announcing his marriage." The name of the lady whom Mr. Ca ter chose for his bride was Miss Charlotte Mabel Leasher, of Camebridge, Mass. The wed- ding took place at her. home on the 8th day of August Cbange In Schedule. Owing to muddy roads, the auto trip planned by the King Uty boosters" for today has been postponed until next Wednesday. Weather permit- ting, the trip as mapped for Monday will be carried out ac- cording to program, and the trip that was to have been made today will be made Wednesday. For Sale-Pony, 'Teddy Dia mond." Call phone 2042, or see Mrs. E. T. Black King City. 5 , WO! Close For Chautauqua. ' .We the undersigned agreed to close our places of business at the hour of 12:30 p. m. each working day and remain closed the remainder of the day during the chautauqua, except on Sat urday from 4:30 to 7 p. m, Millan & Wagers Merc. Co. J. E. Kessler. W. L. Bowman. The Chronicle. Citizen National Bank, j Long Merc. Co. W. M. Wilson. Strock & Welker. W. C. Forman. G.W.Green. Estill & Son. W. P. Graves. Flood Fisher Merc. Co. First National .Bank. Casper Gantz Sons 1:30 4 p. m. T. C. Miller. King City Hardware Co. Carl J. Agee 1:30 to 4 p. m. Levy & Mayer Merc. Co. Wm. Meyer. A. C. Parsons. White Bros. Black & Son. Miner & Frees. North Mo. Lumber Co. Hasty & Ryan. Democrat. R. R' Young. . to LOCAL NEWS Mrs. G. F. Sealey went to Al bany yesterday to visit relatives. Dr Hanna ig ftt R p Ynnno-'s Hrno- stnro this wpet Friday and Saturday until 3p.m Eyes tested free. Mrs. Harry Smith and little daughter came up from St. Jo seph yesterday to visit her broth- er v- u Beny andtamiiy. The King City baseball nine Ellis Coakley returned yester day from New York City, where he had gone with a car of poul try for A. C. Parsons, the whole sale produce man. Mrs. E. B. Taylor and children who had been visiting her parents Thomas Williams and wife near Island City, left yerterday for their home at Fairfax Mo, I I T- A ' J 1 1 rarues wanting Doara ana omsduring the King City chau tauqua will find it to their inter est to see Mrs. E. D. Taylor, just across the street from the chautauqua grounds. ' The following were St Jo seph visitors yesterday: J. E. Kessler and wife, G. R. Slem- mons, ueorge Moran, James Copeland, George, Stuart, Ora and Myron Stuart. Donald Bertran. will appreciate the favor if the pfirty who picked up his cane, which was lost some where on the road between town and the Bertran home, will return the same to him.' A. F. Graves' has not A been moving around very briskly this week, his foot having been hit by a falling brick.: It pained him quite sharply for awhile, but it is better now and he - thinks it wul be all right ma few days. Speaking of peaches, R. H. King has all comers besttjd a city block. "Bob" has severs rl trees sprinkled with thefruit,but none bearing anything near a crop. He counted fifty-four on oii.e tree and quit at that until some one else can beat it " Lost Gold scarf pin. with initial 'D" engraved on ?t Finder please leave atDemxm t office and receive reward. Wyatt-Hobbs In the presence of a small company of relatives at the home ,of Mr. and Mrs. WiHard Graves in east King City, Rev. E. C. Bairdof the Christian church performed the ceremony at 7:80 p. m. Wednesday evening, suiting in Marriage Mrs. Ida Wyatt of this city to Mr. J. W. Hobbs of Douglas, Oklahoma. A coincident worthy of mention is that twenty years ago the present bridegroom acted as best man at the brides first marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs will leave Sunday for Douglas Oklahoma where Mr. Hobbs has a fine farm and where they will make their future home. Mr. Hobbs is pretty well known here having formerly lived in the Winslow neighborhood and is a brother of our esteemed fellow townsmen, L. N. Hobbs. The bride is the daughter of our old friend Benjamin Rainey and is highly spoken of by those who know her best. Hearty congratulations are extended to the newly married couple and the best wishes of the community for their future happiness. Ford City. The finest rain of the season fell yesterday at noon, the water just flowed down the corn rows as in oldea times. P. T. Quisenberry returned Monday from a visit at Moberly, Mo. Miss Mary Scott left Sunday Lfor Fredonia Kansas to Visit her brother Frank Scott and famHy. Miss Martha Sutton of St Jo seph is visiting the Smith home. Miss Mattie Ernst of Ogden, Iowa, who has ben visiting her sister Mrs. Racheal Deaton left Wednesday for Karfsas City to visit awhile. Mrs. Harlan Cook is visiting in Bethany this week. Mrs. J. H. Johnson and daugh ter Goldie of Gentry visited the Myrick home Monday and Tues day. Ben Bolev was on the St. Jo seph market the first of the week with cattle. Kiern McKinney of Southern Kansas came in last week to visit his parents T. A McKinney and wife. Mrs. John Lynth and children went to Maryville Saturday night to visit the Dan Lynch home. Many in and around here at tended the chautauqua at Stan- berry last Sunday. On last Saturday, it being the occasion of Miss Lillie Deaton's birthday, her friends planned and executed a complete surprise on her . On that morning she went to King City, on her return at noon, she found a long table set in the yard with everything good to eat and 51 persons ate at the same time at that table. Want To Sell Yocr Farm? We are getting ready for fall and winter farm Jsales and are having inquiries for farms near King City. If you want to sell your farm and mean business, come and see us and we will help you out Dont put it off but come now. In order to be ready for the business which begins usually in September, you should have your farm on our list right away if you want to make an early sale. Our terms are very reasonable. W. L. Bowman Realty Co. Democrat office- CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS. Christian Church. Be v., E. C. Balra The usual services will be held next Lord,'s day. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Don't forget the Bible school at 10 o'clock. This will be our final session before fhe Chautauqua begins. Shall we not make of it a most helpful and enthusiastic service? In the lesson we see Jesus, the man of power, winning the tory over death. The C. E. session will be regular monthly meeting of vic- the the local union. The topic is ' 'Christian Tact ' ' This' is a good thing to possess and to practice. Prayer meeting topic, "The Great Necessity." Time, Wednesday 8 p. m. The Juniors meet with Mrs. Bradley Saturday 2:30 p. m. at Presbyterian Church. Kkt..L.C. Stump. Sunday 11 a. m. preaching service, "Daniels Prayer." 7 p. m. the C. E. Local union meeting at Christian church. Subject, "Christian Tact" 8 p. m. Sermon "Faultless Disciples Rebuked," next Wednesday. Read up on Romans 8th chapter. Baptist Church. Regular preaching services at eleven a. m. and at 8 p. m. conducted by Rev. A. A. Harvy. A cordial invitation extended to everybody to be presest Here and There. The rain the first of the week was fine on the corn but hard on the unthreshed grain. A. J. Rose of Cosby is visiting his daughter Mrs. A. J. Howard this week. J. B. Edson has the foundation laid for his new residence. Homer Russellbegan work for Elza Christian on the Ficklin farm the first of the week. Elmer Cook and wife were callers at the P. M. Cook home Sunday evening. Mrs. George Ginter visited Mrs. John Howard, Monday afternoon.Andy Rose and family who have been working on the John Limpp farm moved last week south of town. . Mrs. Charley Howard and chil dren of Jaunita, Nebraska are visiting with relatives on Route 4, this week. TWrc 'P.l'7'i P.Viristinn is Anfpr. taihing her grandmother from Darlington this week. Rain, sure, it still rains in this country. A good shower every day this week, and some days two or three, and there is still indications of RAIN. Those who have kept tab on the weather say that barring a few showers of little consequence, people in this locality had three months to a day to get ready for rain, but we have heard of a number wko were not Agency for the New Model Steam laundry, Albany, Mo. Leave your packages at Wilson's Clething store. All work warranted satisfactory. 52-4t Ward Bros., Agents. Furnished Rooms. Those desiring rooms during the chautauqua and not far from the grounds, call on Mrs. Mag gie A. Bowman. Telephone 170, DeMoss millisery, first door south of Citizens National Bank.